Edinburgh Haunted Vaults and Graveyard Tour: Chilling Exploration of Infamous Spooky Sites

Embark on a chilling exploration of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults and graveyard. Discover the infamous Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and the terrifying Niddry Street underground vaults, home to a dark and evil presence.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Greyfriars Kirk - You will be guided through Greyfriars Graveyard hearing about some of it’s most famous residents and the history of this burial place.
  • Auld Reekie Tours - See the Vaults hidden below Edinburgh’s South Bridge and hear about their dark history and paranormal occurrences.
What's Included
  • Guided tour with a professional
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Your well-informed tour guide brings you to Greyfriar’s Kirkyard, the resting place of the renowned Greyfriar’s Bobby – a good-natured dog – who stood atop the graves of decaying bodies that were featured in many novels and historical literature, instilling a sense of dread in numerous readers.
Next, you’ll visit the notorious and spectral Niddry Street…

Location
300 Lawnmarket
Lawnmarket
Tours meet at the Tourist Information Police Box, outside of 300 Lawnmarket. This is across the road from the Deacon Brodie’s Tavern. (55.949326, -3.192912) Please be there at least 5-10 minutes early as we depart promptly at the tour time. Tours can't wait for latecomers so please do not be late.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bonnnie98
Nov 14, 2025
Great experience - We had a great experience on this tour. Our guide James was super informative and funny. My partner was brave enough to step inside the stone circle after seeing James do it. We loved hearing about the banshee in the vaults, and the history of the grave robbing.
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Nialld610
Nov 14, 2025
Great mix of information and atmosphere - James was a brilliant tour guide, so enthusiastic and clearly loves what he does. I booked this as a solo traveler and had a great time. I would highly recommend!
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Vancey76
Nov 13, 2025
Very interesring tour... - Very interesring tour wouldnt be the same to see it without a guide telling you the history justin was great.
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W2345nfrosag
Nov 9, 2025
Would recommend - James was a brillant tour guide- great sense of humour and very knowledgeable! the vaults were fascinating and definitely worth the money!
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Tania_l
Nov 7, 2025
James was great, full of... - James was great, full of information, attentive and funny. A really great tour in the evening, we had a great time
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Diana_c
Nov 7, 2025
Great! - Jordan was very informative and funny. It was very entertaining and we had a great time on this tour.
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Thomas_r
Nov 6, 2025
Great Host in Jordan - Great tour hosted by Jordan very deatailed in explaining the interesting and nasty history of this beautiful city.
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Zoes694
Nov 6, 2025
Great tour, excellent guide, 100% recommend - James was a fantastic and charasmatic guide who clearly loves his job!! Great knowledge of of the locam area included some brilliant spooky stories. My partner claims to have taken the attached picture in an empty room. Make of that what you will! 100% recommend this tour.
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Muhammed_c
Nov 5, 2025
Very good and great... - Very good and great guide. Provided great history and laughs along the way. Would recommend to others.
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V9788gwgaryb
Nov 15, 2025
Poor guidance - The greyfriars part was fine but myself, my wife and two other couples-6 people in total got caught by traffic on the street parallel with the entrance to the vaults and weren’t waited for to get into the vaults and the door was locked when we all got there. We all waited for 30 minutes trying to phone the contact number. We were all knocking the door. We all eventually went our separate ways when we realised no one had waited for us. You would have thought the tour guide would have waited for SIX people to cross the road before locking the door. A waste of £52.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).